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ALDOL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aldol mean?
• ALDOL (noun)
The noun ALDOL has 1 sense:
1. an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO)
Familiarity information: ALDOL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
aldehyde-alcohol; aldol
Hypernyms ("aldol" is a kind of...):
organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aldol"):
acetaldol (unsaturated aldol)
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